Welcome to "Przekrój"!

In case you wonder where you are, and especially since you probably can’t pronounce the name of this website, here’s a little help. “Przekrój” (pron. ‘p-SHEH-crooy’) is the oldest magazine about society and culture in Poland. Now it’s also available in English!

“Przekrój” Magazine brings to the English reader some of the best journalism from across Central and Eastern Europe, in such fields as culture, society, ecology and literature. Stand aside from the haste and fierceness of everyday news and join us now!

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A ColdOn Lem, Philip K. Dick and the FBI

Reading / literature

In an extract from his book “Out of this World: The Life of Stanisław Lem”, Wojciech Orliński describes a sensational yet often misunderstood encounter between Stanisław Lem and Philip K. Dick, in which the latter denounced the former as a thief.
Wojciech Orliński

A Beach at the End of the WorldThe Unabashed Emotion of “Sun & Sea (Marina)”

Reading / culture

This year’s Venice Biennale Golden Lion winner came from the Lithuanian pavilion. The piece in question – an opera-performance on an artificial beach – encapsulates all the empathy and emotion that each of us might feel towards a world on its way to disaster.
Kristina Sabaliauskaitė

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In Praise of Nudity

A Beach at the End of the World

Brainy Cephalopods

A Cold

Hot Hells, Cold Hells

The Mechanical DrummerFrom Olsztyn to Aphex Twin

Magazine / culture

Polyend began life in 2015 as a small, musical equipment start-up in northeastern Poland. By 2016, they’d already received an order from Aphex Twin for their digital drumming machine, Perc.
Kamil Bałuk

Brainy Cephalopods

In Praise of NudityThe Nudist Beaches of Central and Eastern Europe

Reading / society

Poland may be a Catholic country, but it has its fair share of nudists. You might find them at the infamous beach at Chałupy, or even further afield in Bulgaria, whose Black Sea resorts have long attracted regional naturists.
Stasia Budzisz

Voices

Language That Brings FreedomThe Legacy of Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

Magazine / culture

The writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o truly understood the power of language – not only as a British colonial tool, but also as his own means of critiquing the corrupt post-colonial elites of Kenya.
Agata Kasprolewicz

A Story No One Has Told YetAn Interview with Nancy Spielberg and Anna Różalska

Reading / culture

Nancy Spielberg and Anna Różalska, the producers of the film Who Will Write Our History, talk about the little-known history of Jewish social activist Emanuel Ringelblum and the Oyneg Shabes archive.
Paulina Małochleb

The Armband

Magazine / culture

One day, six-year-old Helena is gifted a ‘magical’ armband by her friend Tomek. But the armband has some unexpected effects... An excerpt from the book “Kotka Brygidy” [Brygida’s Cat], set in wartime Warsaw.
Joanna Rudniańska

The Internets

Media / Photo

The internet, despite being widely available, as a virtual entity remains elusive. Its visualisation (what we know as the internet) is a collection of blue images, implicating digital modernity. Underneath those notions, however, hide addresses of companies that provide services and management of the internet.

How Can You Acquire Vast Knowledge of Traditional Kriya Yoga? (audio)

Media / Audio

Kriya Yoga seminars are constantly organized in Europe and across the world. One of them will be held in Poland this autumn. During the weekend seminar, participants will learn the five-fold path of Babaji’s Kriya Yoga. Read by Konstancja Dangel.

How Bruce Lee Reached Ten Million and Inner HarmonyThe 46th Anniversary of Bruce Lee’s Death

When Women Had the Field. The Story of Women’s Football (audio)

Media / Audio

Women’s football thrived at British filling factories during World War I, attracting incredible crowds. Yet a few years after the war, women were banned from playing the sport. Original publication by Piotr Żelazny. Read by Konstancja Dangel.